Milon's Secret Castle (Game Boy)

Milon's Secret Castle
Also known as: Milon no Meikyuu Kumikyoku (JP) Developer: Make Software Publishers: Hudson Soft, Electro Brain (US) (re-release) Platform: Game Boy Released in JP: March 26, 1993 Released in US: March 1993, 1998 (re-release) Released in EU: 1993 This game has regional differences.

A port of the NES version, but more polished, and has a much better ending.

Regional Differences

Title Screen

Japan	US

The options and castle's graphics are moved up in the USA version, as the logo is shorter. It also adds the trademark symbol!

Password

The Japanese version uses 16 katakana characters, while the US version uses 16 consonants. Interestingly, both versions seem to have interchangeable passwords. For example, entering all コ's in the Japanese version starts you out with some items and crystals. The equivalent character in the US version is M, so entering the password to be all M's will have the same effect.

Japan	US
ア イ ウ エ オ カ キ ク ケ コ サ シ ス セ ソ タ	B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T

Staff Roll

Japan	US
PRODUCER T.URA	(No change)
DIRECTOR GOOSE	DIRECTOR S.UEDA
PLANNERS T.SASAGAWA T.TAKEBE	(No change)
PROGRAM KENTA	PROGRAM M.NII
GRAPHICS GOOSE	GRAPHICS S.UEDA
MUSIC GONTA JAM SESSION	MUSIC A.AKAMATSU S.OITA
THANKS TO MASABUU DARAI	THANKS TO M.NAKAMICHI M.OKA
THANKS TO KARAYAN SINOBU AKIRYA	THANKS TO M.KARAHASHI S.ONO A.INOUE

The Japanese version has the developers using zany aliases. The USA version changes their aliases to the common first name initial + surname, probably because American players wouldn't get the names.